Can you provide recommendations as to pre-construction foundation preparation. I have read where various techniques or procedures such as post tension and piers and beams are available. Thanks for all ...

Pouring a basic concrete slab isn’t quite as simple as making a cake, but close. "It’s getting easier and easier, and people are getting smarter and smarter about how to do it," said Tom Stoddard, of ...

A seven-month city investigation has determined that new houses in a crumbling southeast Wichita subdivision met building codes. But city officials acknowledge that a group of houses in the Maple ...

The Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI), Phoenix, AZ – a non-profit organization for the advancement of post-tensioned, pre-stressed concrete design and construction – now offers the 2008 supplement to ...

Geologists surveyed the soil under the Laguna Beach High School tennis courts and concluded that crack-resistant slabs are not required for five of the six courts. One court has such a slab, called ...

There are many different footing form systems available, but the majority of them share a common thread: non-wood forms. With the concrete industry moving in the "green" direction, and with an ...

We have a problem with the front porch of our 44-year-old home. The outside corner of the poured concrete porch is curving up, lifting the post that’s supporting the roof. There’s no tree or roots ...